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Investigation of DNA polymorphisms in SMAD genes for genetic predisposition to diabetic nephropathy in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Diabetologia - 1 May 2009
McKnight A J, Woodman A M, Parkkonen M, Patterson C C, Savage D A, Forsblom C, Pettigrew K A, Sadlier D, Groop P H, Maxwell A P
Abstract excerpt
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: SMAD proteins are involved in multiple signalling pathways and are key modulators of gene expression. We hypothesised that genetic variation in selected SMAD genes contributes to susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy. METHODS: We selected 13 haplotype tag (ht) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from 67 variants identified by resequencing the SMAD2 and SMAD3 genes. For SMAD1, SMAD4 and SMAD5...
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